Looks like we will just have to see Motter again at the 2023-24 trade deadline ðŸ˜
Another tidbit worth sharing with free agency less than a week away: I'm hearing that Tyler Motte is likely to test the UFA market. Door remains open for a #NYR return, but chances of getting a deal done before Saturday don't sound great.
— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) June 26, 2023
by MarsHotelSouth
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2024 Deadline: Somehow, Motte returned
Don’t blame him
He’ll be back at the deadline
I don’t buy it. I know it probably doesn’t mean anything, but I had a conversation with him at Casino Night for a bit and he genuinely loves the Rangers. And it wasn’t in a pre-rehearsed media way. It was in a two guys drinking and playing blackjack kind of way.
This leads me to believe it’s the Rangers who won’t make the offer because they’re trying to wrangle the cap for bigger signings (Kane, Tarasenko, etc..)
Honestly I’m fine with him getting that bag on 1 yr deals then getting him for a 4th round pick that’ll almost assuredly never make an NHL impact
I think the only way we’d be able to offer him a contract that would completely dissuade him from testing free agency would be if Goodrow was on his way out real soon. That isn’t to say there’s no chance he comes back or that Goodrow isn’t being moved, but we can’t really afford to spend more than $1M on a 4th liner unless we move Goodrow.
We can and should fit him at under $2M. If he thinks he can get $2m or more, then good luck. We’ll circle back in April.
With the cap situation being what it is, I’d be a little surprised if Motte got a multi-year deal with someone.
Reminds me of how Dominic Moore kept getting a series of one year deals.
There’s no way Motte should get much more than the league minimum from us to be a fourth liner. He’s a good fourth liner but you can add good fourth liners cheap at the deadline – or do what you did with Vesey and strike gold that way. Don’t overspend on a fourth liner because of sentimentality
Boooo. Boo I say.